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Papers of John H. Wotiz, 1927-2002 (inclusive) 1943-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
17.8 linear feet (24 boxes)
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Correspondence, notebooks, overhead slides, article reprints, manuscripts, photographic slides, and photographs created and maintained by John H. Wotiz. The collection documents Wotiz's career as both an organic chemist and a science historian, with perhaps a greater emphasis on the latter. There is a significant amount of material relating to the life and career of Friedrich August Kekule, his bête noir, and to the holdings of various European museums dedicated to the history of science. There are also photographs, audio tapes, videotapes, and a selection of posthumous papers assembled by his friend and colleague Herbert T. Pratt.

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American Association for Clinical Chemistry Records, 1897-2001 (inclusive) 1948-1998 (bulk)

Extent:
8.2 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 folder, 1 videotape, and 1 audiocassette )
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The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Records mainly contain materials concerned with the history of the AACC and to a lesser extent, divisional records of the Ohio Valley Section of the AACC. The files in this collection contain correspondence, publications, conference records, and meeting records. The American Association for Clinical Chemistry Records were compiled by Samuel Meites.

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Records of the Commercial Development Association, 1948-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.4 linear feet (7 boxes)
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The Records of the Commercial Development Association consist of administrative documents, meeting materials, member directories, and workshop materials. The records were created and maintained by the Commercial Development Association and its predecessor the Commercial Chemical Development Association.

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The Papers of Robert Bruce Merrifield, 1963-2000 (inclusive) 1997-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
8 linear feet (17 boxes)
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This collection consists of two sets of material. The first is a comprehensive run of reprints of papers authored or co-authored by the Nobel-prize winning chemist Robert Bruce Merrifield. The second set is a collection of materials used by Merrifield in the creation of a film titled Peptide Protein Synthesis.

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The Papers of Charles M. Judson, incorporating the Papers of Harold F. Wiley and the Records of Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation, 1918-2000 (inclusive) 1940-1980 (bulk)

Extent:
20 linear feet (46 boxes)
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This collection contains professional records of Charles M. Judson, and his former supervisor Harold F. Wiley. Wiley's papers in turn include the surviving business records of the Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation, a leading American manufacturer of mass spectrometers. The material was amassed by Judson for a never-written history of the commercial development of mass spectrometry.

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Robert K. Wismer Collection of Chemical Museum Slides, february-march 2000 (inclusive)

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190 photographic slides (1 box)
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A series of slides of scientific apparatus, laboratories, and other objects related to the history of chemistry in the collections of European science and technology museums. The slides were taken by Robert K. Wismer in the spring of 2000 while on sabbatical from Millersville University.

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Eugene Jules Houdry Collection, 1919-2000 (inclusive) 1942-1962 (bulk)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet (1 hollinger box and 1 half hollinger box.)
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Printed materials, paper manuscripts, personal documents, and photographic materials concerning French mechanical engineer and inventor Eugene Jules Houdry and Houdry Process Corporation, an American chemical company that specialized in catalytic technology. The materials in this collection were collected and maintained by G. Alex Mills, a former employee of Houdry Process Corporation.

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Papers of Eugene G. Rochow, 1932-1999 (inclusive) 1935-1998 (bulk)

Extent:
1.0 linear feet (1 record box)
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Correspondence, lecture and symposia materials (speech typescripts, lecture notes, etc.), notebooks, journal articles, and biographical materials of American inorganic chemist Eugene G. Rochow.

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Michael Grayson Collection, 1943-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:
.22 linear feet (1 box)
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This is a small collection of materials dealing with different aspects of mass spectroscopy. Collection consists of papers and data diskettes.

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Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, 1943-1998 (inclusive) 1950-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
10 linear feet (21 boxes )
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This material offers a broad overview of the Perkin-Elmer instrument Corp. as it prepared to celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 1987. It also includes material from the Perkin-Elmer Corporation mostly concerned with internal and external publicity.

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Henry C. McBay Papers, 1934-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.0 linear feet (5 record boxes)
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Correspondence, professional files, manuscripts, personal files, printed materials, and photographs of African American chemist and chemistry educator Henry C. McBay.

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The Warnquist collection on dye safety, 1993-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
.22 linear feet (1 box)
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This is a small collection of materials relating to the establishment of industry standards for the safe handling of dye substances. The collection includes a slide presentation and a resource manual.

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Aldrich Chemical Company Collection, 1947-1997 (inclusive) 1951-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.0 linear feet (4 boxes.)
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Accounts ledgers, stock certificates, notebooks, check stubs, market reports, annual reports, registration statements, press releases, news clippings, catalogs, slides, and correspondence belonging to Aldrich Chemical Company, which were collected and maintained by its founder, Austrian Canadian chemist Alfred R. Bader.

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Papers of Norbert M. Bikales, 1952-1997 (inclusive) 1973-1997 (bulk)

Extent:
4.1 linear feet (3 boxes)
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This collection contains administrative records collected and maintained by German-American polymer chemist Nobert M. Bikales. The files in this collection document Bikales' activities with the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry (ACS POL) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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Science in American Life exhibition files, 1989-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.6 linear feet (6 boxes)
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This is a fairly extensive collection of ACS and Smithsonian records chosen to document the gradual breakdown in communications between the stakeholders in this exhibition. In assembling this material, Dr. Heindel wanted to insure that both sides of the controversy, not just the curatorial team's version would be heard.

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The Papers of Ernest Ludwig Eliel, 1949-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
38.6 linear feet (28 boxes)
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Ernest L. Eliel is one of the founders of modern Stereochemistry. This collection offers a nice overview of his work in the field. Eliel was also an active member of the ACS and this part of his career is also well-represented.

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BetzDearborn, Incorporated Records, 1892-1997 (inclusive) 1920-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
23.6 linear feet ((9 record boxes, 2 hollinger boxes, 1 half hollinger box, 1 videotape box, 8 oversized boxes, 7 photo album boxes, and 3 photo negative boxes.))
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Business records, printed materials, artifacts, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of BetzDearborn, Incorporated, an American chemical company that manufactured water treatment chemicals for commercial and industrial applications. The materials in this collection mainly document the history of BetzDearborn's two corporate ancestors: Betz Laboratories, Incorporated and Dearborn Chemical Company.

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Chemists' Club Records, 1876-1997 (inclusive) 1905-1996 (bulk)

Extent:
56.0 linear feet (73 boxes.)
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Meeting minutes, correspondence, administrative files, financial records, addenda, reports, deeds, mortgage extension agreements, leases, resolutions, by-laws, publications, registers, symposia lectures, market analyses, and ephemera belonging to the Chemists' Club.

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Papers of Joseph X. Labovsky, 1920-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear feet (1 box)
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This collection of notebooks, correspondence and Du Pont memos compliments larger collections of Du Pont production photographs and Nylon-related artifacts.

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The Papers of Robert S. Shayne, 1971-1997 (inclusive)

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.44 linear feet (1 box)
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This collection is mostly a gathering of technical reports written by Shayne during his days at Westinghouse, General Electric Light Military Electronics Department and the USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service.

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George S. Hammond Collection, 1971-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet ((1 hollinger box))
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Book, photo album, and publication concerning American chemist and chemistry professor George S. Hammond. The materials in this collection were collected and maintained by Richard G. Weiss, an American chemist and a long-time associate of Hammond.

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Records of the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, 1872-1996 (inclusive) 1876-1908 (bulk)

Extent:
2.4 linear feet (7 boxes)
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The Records of the Manufacturing Chemists' Association consist of administrative materials, correspondence, and historical documents originally created and maintained by the Manufacturing Chemists' Association. The records were later maintained by the Manufacturing Chemists' Association's successors, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, and the American Chemistry Council, Incorporated.

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Joseph F. Bunnett Papers, 1960-1995 (inclusive) 1967-1986 (bulk)

Extent:
8.4 linear feet (8 boxes (5 record boxes, 2 hollinger boxes, and 1 half-hollinger box).)
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Professional files of American chemist and chemistry professor Joseph F. Bunnett, which primarily document his editorship of the scientific journal Accounts of Chemical Research.

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Paul M. Grinder Collection, 1965-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
5.0 linear feet (4 boxes)
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Dyestuff industry sample dye books and test cards collected and maintained by American dyestuff industry salesman Paul M. Grinder.

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The Papers of Robert E. Finnigan, 1953-1995 (inclusive) 1962-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
1.38 linear feet (1 box)
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This is a small collection of materials collected by the donor Robert E. Finnigan, for their significance in telling the story of the development of Mass Spectroscopy and the part played in that development by the Finnigan Corporation Photographs and slides have been removed from the collection and deposited in CHF Image Archives. There are Finnigan instrumentation manuals and ads in the CHF Instrumentation Manual Collection.

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The R. H. Schallenberg Bottled Energy research files, 1991-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
8.3 linear feet (8 boxes)
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This is a collection of files consisting of both original notes and photocopies of previously published materials assembled by Richard H. Schallenberg as an aid to him in his composition of the posthumously published 1982 book Bottled Energy: Electrical Engineering and the Evolution of Chemical Energy Storage.

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Pfizer Inc. Collection, 1939-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 half hollinger box.)
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A collection of materials created by or about Pfizer Inc., an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation.

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Giulio Natta Commemorative Italian Stamp, 1994

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
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A commemorative stamp printed in Italy celebrating the life and work of Italian chemical engineer and Nobel laureate Giulio Natta.

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Michael A. Morgan Philatelic Chemistry Collection, 1994

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
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A collection of postal covers, stamps, and a letter of correspondence between American chemist Foil A. Miller and Michael A. Morgan collected by Morgan.

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